Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-26
THE STtRE ATI OVER.
WISE COUNTY, SUFFERERS.
Che Exact Status of the Destitutten Set
Forth In Petition to Congress

Che Exact Status of the Destitutien Sc,
Forth In a Petition to Congress
correspondence of -1e Gazette.
| DECATUE!, Tex, Jan. 24.-At g mass
meeting held at the courthouse in the city
OF Decatur. January "A, 1887, T. j. Nc
Murry explained toe object of the meet
ms to try 10 take active steps to aid the
drouth sufferers of Wise county. After
which B. j. Hall was elected chairman
and j. G.Wcods secretary. A committee
of three was then appointed to engross
the different reportG of delegates from
the different school communities, where
upon the chair appointed j. d. White,
Thomas Brockett anGL. S. Mason.
On motion q committee OF three, to-wit,
G. E. Pickett, George Stevens and J. G.
Woods were appointed committee on
| memorials to Congress and the Legisla-
ture.
| Hoe. G. B. Pickett was chosen to 60
to Austin and represent Wise county be-
fore the legislative committee or seek
aid from any Other source available, and
also to memorabilia the Legislature to
postpone the collection of the taxes
of Wise county until Nose moer 1887.
The committee appointed to find the
number of the actually destitute in
Wise cognty, res orted as follows:
To the Hon. 3. F. Hall, Chairman: We
your committee selected to examine the
reports Of trustees Of the several school
communities Of Wise county upon the
condition of drouth sufferers, beg leav.
to report that from said reports it
is shown that at least 40G families in
Wise county, consisting of 1000 men,
bers, are entirely destitute, caused bv the
long continued drouth, land if not prompt
ly assisted must suffer greatly.
j. ID. WHITE, Chsirman.
7. 81. BRoCKETT, Secretary.
Upon motion the county papers, also
the old reliable GAzETIE, the poor mans
friend, and the Dallas News were re-
quested to publish the report of proceed |
ings Of this convention.
The memorial committee were requested |
to arrange and transmit their memorials |
to the Legislature and Congress.
The convention indorsed the Rev. John |
Brown of Albany and approved his action, !
and appointed him their agent to solicit |
aid generally.
On motion the meeting adjourned sine
die. 3. i. HALL, Chairman.
j. G. WOODS, Secretary.
THE MEMORIAL TO CONGRESS AND THE
LEGISLATURE.
To the Honorable the Senate and
House of Representatives of Texas
Gentlemen: The citizens of Wise county,
in convention assembled at Decatur, Tex,
on the 2+-h of January, 1887, for the pur-
pose of estimating the extent of the great
drouth of 1886, and the probable number
Of sufferers and destitute, sitter delibere- Z
ton, find that there are now about two
thousand destitute people in Wise
county composed OF about four
aundred families, who will nave
% have help to be able to live during the (
present year and make crop, wherefore J
re earnestly request your honorable body j
20 make an appropriation from any funasf I
It your command to relieve the urgent
necessity and destitution, and further to
emit the taxes or suspend the payment t
II the same for time-until November, c
ss7, fpossible.
B. F. HALL, Chairman.
j. g. WOODS, Secretary. Z